InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome! Where are you?! ❯ jealousy part 2 ( Chapter 23 )

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Chapter 23: Jealousy, part 2

Sigh . . . Kagome and Sesshomaru took control in this chapter and . . . well they wanted to talk
and I'm not going to stop them . . . (my outline said: short argument about sleeping
arrangements. Kagome wants to sleep apart. Sess wants to sleep together)

So . . . the story that Sesshomaru was going to tell in ch 23, will come in ch 24 . . .

But . . . The romance lovers, I hope, will enjoy this chapter . . .

Corrected by anglica Birmingham
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"Sesshomaru! Could you, please, come in here?" Kagome calls from inside the building.

Sesshomaru lowers his hand from his cheek and he enters the building.

Kagome is nude, and the marks from the ties holding together the wedding dress are plainly
visible on her body. That dress is pooled around her feet. She is starting to put on her school
clothes. She did splash some water on her face, and some of the white make-up is still on her
cheeks and forehead, giving her a comical appearance.

Sesshomaru suppresses a smile at her appearance.

Kagome's eyes twitch. "You better not smile."

Sesshomaru raises an eyebrow.

"Ok, ok. I know I look stupid. But, I do not think I want to spend the time needed to clean up properly."

"Yes, This Sesshomaru believes we should leave now, not in the morning."

Kagome nods. "Yes I know, we took a big chance staying here. By staying here we are upsetting
history, and we just dodged a big mistake tonight."

"This Sesshomaru believes that sometime during the night . . . " his voice trails off, his hand
caresses Tokijin's hilt.

"Somebody is going to do something stupid, like attack us, right?"

"My ears are hearing some very interesting orders, Higurashi."
She closes her eyes. "Ok. Let's grab my bag and fly." She sighs. "I had hoped to take some
pictures of here before we left, but. . ." She sighs, "but, I can live without the pictures."
1. Sesshomaru asks, "Do you wish to acquire a bow and arrows before we leave?"

Kagome grimaces, "Yes, I'll probably need it, and who knows what the next world will be like? I
am or may not be able to acquire one on that world." Kagome sighs. She looks at Sesshomaru.
"I, I really do not want to ask this of you, but."

"In the interests of time and stealth, you wish me, the Lord of the Western lands, to steal."

Kagome grimaces. "No." She grabs her flashlight from her bag. "I'll do it myself. I am sorry that
I even . . "

He raises an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

She drops the flashlight and sighs. "No. If I knew I would need it in the next world, I'd say yes.
But, I don't." She shakes her head, "I'm probably making a mistake. But, I'm not going to steal,
nor do I want you to steal."

He shrugs. "If that is your desire." He turns to watch through the doorway.

Kagome dresses and gathers up her supplies.

"Let's leave. People are gathering." Sesshomaru says as he glances around.

Kagome nods.

They leave the building, Sesshomaru flips her bag over his shoulder, Kagome hugs him, his tail
enwraps her and they fly off into the night . . .

Later . .

on a forested mountain side . . .

A large black bear runs in panic down the mountain side as he exits a large cave. From inside the
cave . .

"This cave will do. There is a stream in that direction." Sesshomaru points, "For you to bathe in
the morning."

"Yes, I will." The cave that they are in, is quite large. Four or five meters high, twenty or more
meters deep and a good eight to ten meters wide. There are a large number of various rocks,
which split up the area, so there are places in the cave that is hard to see into.

'We could sleep apart tonight.' Kagome thinks. She looks at Sesshomaru as he places Tokijin at
the entrance of the cave and powers up a defensive spell. 'We are safe, the temperature is fine
and there are private spots in the cave.'

She frowns and nods her head, 'We will sleep apart.'

"I'm going to sleep over here, Sesshomaru." She points, and she shifts her arm. "You can sleep
over there."

Sesshomaru's head shifts as he examines her orders, "No. We will sleep together, as we have
been doing."

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome stands glaring at him, her fists on her hips. "The weather is fine. There
is plenty of space. And there is nothing really dangerous about, so why?"

"Why?" Sesshomaru repeats in a low voice. 'Why, indeed. Her presumption that she could order
me around was why I said no, initially . . . but. Somehow the thought of her not being within
arms length of me . . . ' he thinks.

He says, "Why, woman? Because I said so. We are sleeping together. And because there is no
reason for us to sleep apart." He stares at her, with something in his eyes.

Kagome swallows. 'We've slept together for a week without any problems, so I suppose I can see
his point. But most of the time, it's been because we had to sleep together, not because we
wanted to . . . doesn't he see the difference?'

Kagome stares at him. 'Yes . . . he does. So why? Mating?'

Her eyes flick to his groin. Nothing unusual. She flushes and returns her eyes to his. One of his
eyebrows raise and he subtly shakes his head.

'No.' she thinks, 'He'll tell me. So why?' she sighs, 'If I trust him, and I do . . . do I need a reason?'
Kagome nods her head, "Ok, Sesshomaru." She smiles. "Besides, I do love to curl into that tail
of yours."

"This Sesshomaru knows. Grooming it, to remove the tangles you introduce at night, while you
bath each morning takes longer than it should."

Kagome smiles. "I can do that. I do love to, Sesshomaru." She blurts out in a happy tone, before
she can stop herself. "Oops. Hnnn. Lord Sesshomaru, that sort of slipped out, and I wish to
retract that."

"Why?" he says in a low voice. She grimaces, but speaks rapidly, "I know that you'll be offended
by the offer, and I should never have made it."

"But, was it a true offer? You would enjoy helping this Sess... me groom?" he whispers, staring
at the floor, definitely not looking at Kagome.
A pause . .

"Yes." She whispers, closing her eyes as she does so. 'There is no way I could say 'no' to him,
not with him looking like that. If I had said, 'no', it would be his one and only friend saying no.
and I could never do that. Even though . . . helping him groom . . . is, maybe, a step into
something more than friendship . . . ' she thinks.

"Thank you, Lady Higurashi Kagome." he whispers.

Kagome's mouth twitches into a smile. "You know one time I asked Inu-yasha if I could groom
his hair. He jumped down my throat with both of his big feet."

She closes her eyes to help her as she remembers that fight, shakes her head and continues, "And
that led to one of our nastier fights too, I thought for sure, you'd do the same." She opens her
eyes. "Sesshomaru?"

Her eyes widen and she looks around the cave. "Sesshomaru?! Come on, this isn't funny, ok?"

A pause.

"Lord Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western lands, where are you!?" she calls out.

She is alone in the cave.

Where Sesshomaru was at, she can see small pool of his acid and she can hear it hiss. A couple
of drops lead to the cave entrance.

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At the top of the mountain, Sesshomaru, his eyes blood red, stands, his hair and tail are flowing
in the wind. Bloody acid drips from his tightly fisted hand.

'The thought of her and Inu-yasha. If he had been in the cave . . . I would have gladly ripped his
manhood off and forced him to swallow it . . . for a start . . . then . . I would have gotten
inventive . . . '

He shakes his head, and growls into the wind. "Why gods? Jealousy is a woman's emotion and a
weak willed woman's at that, why?"

"I had to leave or . . . I have no idea what I would have done." he whispers in so low a tone, the
wind carries them away before they reach his ears.

'I thought . . . I had exorcized that emotion years ago. Watching my mother and Inu-yasha's
mother devour each other due to their mutual jealousy and hunger for power . . . I learned how
bad of an emotion it is. But, this is jealousy I feel, even now, when I try to think about her and
anybody.' Sesshomaru thinks, his eyes sunk deep in his skull as he concentrates on his thoughts.

He opens his hand and brings it up to his face. The gouges his claws made into his palm heal as
he watches. "Jealousy, like that woman showed tonight, is a foolish emotion. A woman's
emotion. An emotion that will lead to disaster, like it always does . . . " he whispers to himself.

A pause. He glares into the night sky, the low clouds racing in front of the half-full moon.

"Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, will not allow the emotion of jealousy to control him.
This, I, Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, swears!" he shouts into the sky.

'Now . . . what were those mental exercises I learned years ago that were supposed to control and
eliminate the emotion of jealousy.' Sesshomaru thinks, 'I will spend some time reviewing them
and find out what went wrong.'

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Kagome stands next to Tokijin. 'No matter what happened. He will return for this.' she thinks.
'All I've got to do is stay here and sooner or later . . . ' She frowns, 'But why did he leave?'

a pause as she thinks . . .

"All I did was mention Inu-yasha . . . " she mumbles as she talks to herself. "It has to be
something about him." She sighs. "Those two . . . one of these days . . . one of them will explain
why they hate each other so . . . "

She shakes her head, "But, that is neither here nor there. Why did my mentioning that I wanted
to comb Inu-yasha's hair set Sesshomaru off?"

Another pause. "Is there any other reason than jealousy? Hmmm. Maybe possessiveness. Both of
them are very sure about what's theirs. And . . . Sesshomaru is . . . " her mouth twitch, "He is
falling in love with me. And . . . And . . . I'm not stopping him. Why isn't my feeling of love for
Inu-yasha stopping me from feeling something . . . for Sesshomaru . . . "

She swallows hard and looks around. "Sesshomaru, where are you?" she whispers, "If you were
here, I wouldn't be thinking about this, we'd be talking or maybe fighting about something else.
And . . . and right now. I don't want to think at this . . . not right now."

'Grab a book and read? Yes. Also, drink some tea. I'm going to need the caffeine, I think, it looks
like tonight might be a long night.' she thinks as she walks to her bag.

As she walks back to his sword, she thinks, 'Hmmm. You know, except for that time when he
was cutting wood on that ice world, we've been in each other's hip pockets. But now that's he is
gone . . . instead of feeling happy . . I feel like something is missing.'

Kagome shakes her head and opens her book and she says, "I'm going to read. I've got to study . .
. not think about him."

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After a couple of hours, Sesshomaru walks into the cave. Kagome, still dressed, is curled up next
to his sword, one of her books is laying next to her. She is asleep.

"Humans and sleep." He shakes his head. He bends down and awakens Kagome.

Kagome awakens with a start. "Oh . . . I feel asleep, didn't I."

"Higurashi Kagome, my father's favorite punishment for sentries that fell asleep was to cut out
their eyelids."

Kagome shivers. "And yours?"

"That is good punishment."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Why not?" Sesshomaru allows a small smile to appear on his lips.

Kagome glares at him, then she looks away. 'Was that supposed to be a joke?' she thinks. "You're
joking."

"About my father? Never. About my punishment, of course."

Kagome sighs. 'He's in a strange mood.'

She clears her throat. "Um, Lord Sesshomaru, sir . . . what happened earlier?" Sesshomaru walks
deeper into the cave, "Let us rest. It has been a long night. And tomorrow, when the cube
changes, this Sesshomaru wishes to leave this place."

Kagome picks up her book and follows him deeper into the cave. 'Well . . . obviously that
question didn't work. I'll try again with something else in the morning. I'm too sleepy right now
to think straight.'

Kagome sets out her futon. She and Sesshomaru begin to undress for bed. 'Do I strip, like he's
doing . . . and as I have done all this week?' she grimaces, 'Like the earlier argument we've been
doing it all week long with no problems. So, why change?'

Her eyes follow Sesshomaru, long, lean, well-toned body as he slides into the futon. 'Because . . .
sooner or later . . . he'll take me up on that promise and that changes things.'

"Higurashi Kagome, I am not an animal. My lusts are under my control, please control yours."
Sesshomaru says as he looks at the ceiling of the cave.
'My smell . . . Inu-yasha never really mentioned it, especially like that. Why?' she thinks.

She says, "Mine is under control as well, Sesshomaru. I am sorry, but humans don't notice small
scents like that." She begins to fully undress.

"This Sesshomaru has noticed that failure of the human nose, many times in the past." He opens
the futon for her to crawl into. "Join me."

She smiles, "That is my bag, you know."

"So . . . did I claim ownership?"

"No." Kagome, wearing only her panties, crawls into the futon.

He raises his eyebrows.

"My promise of a mating holds, Sesshomaru. I'll wear these," She pulls the elastic of her panties,
"until you decide to hold me to that promise."

"Hmmm" Sesshomaru looks at her up and down. She blushes, at what she can tell is a very frank
sexual appraisal of her body, the blush goes all the down to her breasts.

He grabs her chin, "Agreed. I will remove them, when I am sure that more than just lust will be
involved in the mating."

A pause as they look at each others eyes . .

They sleep . .

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Next morning . .

Sesshomaru watches a sleeping Kagome. 'How much can I trust her? She was in my soul . . . I've
felt her . . . jealousy is a dangerous emotion . . how much do I tell her?' he thinks.

Kagome opens her eyes. She stares into Sesshomaru open eyes.

"Good morning, Lord Sesshomaru."

"Good Morning, Lady Higurashi Kagome."

"How long do you think, we'll have before the cube changes?" she asks as she stretches.

"Til midmorning."
"Good. Time enough to do some chores." She begins to crawl out of the futon. Sesshomaru grabs
her shoulder and stops her.

"Huh?" She twists to face him, "What?"

"What do you know about the emotion of jealousy?"

She blinks. "Umm. Sesshomaru, sir. That question really doesn't make a lot of sense."

"Woman, it is a perfectly understandable question. And this Sesshomaru, strongly, desires an answer."

She licks her lips, "Can I, at least, know why you want to know?" She looks around, "And, you
know, can I get dressed, and umm. Use the bushes?"

He pauses, "Hmmm. This Sesshomaru supposes that giving you time to think of a full answer to
his question would be useful. Very well." He releases her shoulder.

She leaves the futon and dresses. She blushes. "Can I bathe before answering?"

"Yes."

She swallows. And in a low voice whisper, "And do . . . what was mentioned last night?"

Sesshomaru pauses . . . "Yes." he whispers.

Later at the stream . . . Kagome has bathed, and dressed.

Sesshomaru is coming out of the stream to dry off after his bath.

After drying his legs, he sits down on one her towels and while he dries off his chest and hair,
Kagome sits next to him and begins to dry his tail.

The soft, whisper smooth silky hair of his tail fluffs out as she dries it. She takes a hand full of it
and brushes it against her cheek.

"Gods. You know, Sesshomaru, you asked about jealousy."

He grunts.

"One of the things, which causes me to feel jealousy, is you and your brother's hair. There have
been times . . . gods. I remember one battle in the middle of a swamp. It must have took Sango
and I a solid hour to clean that slime out of my hair . . . and all the while, Inu-yasha's hair
gleamed white, even in that muck." She shakes head. She can see and feel Sesshomaru's muscles
tense at the mention of his brother.
"And I am sorry about mentioning him, I know it upsets you." She says in an apologetic tone.

Sesshomaru sighs. "No. Go ahead and mention him."

'The only way to defeat an enemy is to attack him. Jealous is my enemy. And thinking about Inu-
yasha and her together will bring that emotion to the front of my mind. Where I can attack it and
defeat it,' he thinks.

Kagome nods, but just continues to dry his tail. She grabs her brush and begins to comb it.

As she gently combs the hair, the small towel that Sesshomaru placed over his loins moves and
falls away from him.

Kagome pauses.

"Continue, please." Sesshomaru whispers. "That feels . . . "

She swallows hard. 'I had thought that this might be an erogenous zone for him, and it's nice to
know I was right.' She thinks. She shifts her legs, trying to get comfortable, as her panties absorb
some of her moisture.

'Human noses may not be as bad as I thought. She is reacting to my musk odor. A bit slower than
a true demon, but, she is reacting.' Sesshomaru thinks.

Both bodies begin to sweat. Sesshomaru and Kagome's breaths become deeper and heavier.

Sesshomaru closes his eyes and concentrates as he thinks, 'No. I will not allow my lusts to
control me. My brain is not in my manhood. I want more than just a mating with her, remember that.'

Kagome, as she is finishing combing his tail, thinks, 'Gods . . . what next? Do I turn him around
and . . . No! Inu-yasha. I will not betray him like that. I will control myself.'

Kagome takes a deep breath and releases Sesshomaru's tail. "A.. All finished." She breathes out.
She swallows hard and moves a little away from him. "Umm. Let me . . . Um. Let me get my
things together and then we'll talk, ok?"

Sesshomaru nods. He stands up and begins to dress. 'No. I will not waste my seed, by using my hand.'

Kagome stands up and begins to move away from him. 'I've got to change my panties.'

"Higurashi Kagome."

"Yes, Sesshomaru, sir."

"Thank you for the grooming."
Kagome blushes, "You're welcome."

Later . .

They are sitting down on the mountain side, overlooking a beautiful forested ravine. The early
morning sun is slowing burning off the fog in the ravine.

Kagome thinks, 'The Tenno's wife's jealousy last night. Perhaps something about that, might get
him to tell me why he's so interested about jealousy.'

"I can't believe how jealous that woman was last night, Sesshomaru." Kagome comments.

"Believe it, Higurashi." Sesshomaru pauses. "Would you like me to tell you a story of how
jealousy destroyed another family?" he says in a small voice, staring off into the distance.

Kagome says, "Of course, Lord Sesshomaru, I would be happy to hear any story you wish to tell.
It will help me when I answer your question about jealousy."

"This is a story about a demon warlord and his wife and how when he married . . . a human, his
first wife's jealousy . . . destroyed everything . . . "

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The end of chapter 23.

Author's notes: See what I mean . . . Kagome and Sesshomaru . .

Chapter 24 will have his story...

Hmmmm . . . A lot people liked that Vampire vs. Sesshomaru idea. Good. Hopefully when I get
to it, I'll make it as unique as I can.

Another world that didn't make the cut: Star Trek. Original series. McCoy trying to make sense
of Sess's biology. Spock scanning the cube . . . Kirk making a pass at Kagome. But. Sigh. It just
never grabbed me.

Thank you for reading, Jeff Shelton.